Improvement in lubricating spindles



A. AM. WAD E.

Lubricating Spindles.

Patented July 21,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASEL M. WADE, 0F LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN LUBRICATING SPINDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 153,185, dated July 21,18,74; application filed June 19, 1874. j

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ASEL M. IVADE, of Lawrence, of the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful invention forlubricating the journals and bearings of the spindles and various partsof a machine for spinning with bobbins; and I do hereby declare the sameto be fully described in the following specification and represented inthe accompanying drawings, of which- Figure lis a front elevation of aspinning mechanism with my oiling apparatus applied to it and itsbolster-rail. Fig. 2 is a vertical and longitudinal section thereof.Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the pump.

My invention relates to a combination of mechanism for supporting andrevolving 011e or more bobbins of a spinning-frame with anoil-reservoir, a force-pump, and conduits to lead oil from the pump tothe surface to be lubricated, and to return the surplus oil from suchsurfaces to the reservoir.

With my invention all the bearings or rubbing surfaces of the spindlesor devices employed for sustaining and revolving the bobbins of aspinning fra-me or machine may be kept oiled without the necessity ofstopping the machine and oiling each or any number of them separately,as heretofore, and thereby wasting the time and labor incident thereto,my invention, by economizing such, enabling the spinning-machine to beoperated with better or more advantageous results in pecuniary as wellas in other respects.

In the drawings, B denotes a portion of the bolster or spindle rail of aspinning-frame, and B one of the holsters or bases ot' its spindles.Goncentrically through the said bolster a tube, a, is extended from aneduction-condui t, b, leading from a force-pump, C, arranged over and toopen into a closed oil-reservoir, D, projecting down from the rail A.The educt b is to extend along underneath the rail and to communicatewith the several tubes a, leading upward into the several bolsters ofone range, as each bolster is to be provided with a mechanism forsupporting and rapidly revolving a bobbin. A stationary tube orstandard, o, eX- tends up from the bolster, the latter, in this case,constituting a base for the standard, which is tubular, and has the pipea arranged within and extended above it and into'another tube, c', inmanner as represented. This tube c has its base a little larger indiameter than the tube a, sleeves d e being arranged, as shown, betweenthe two. The upper sleeve, d, fastened to the outer tube, screws uponthe inner one, and has screwed into it a screw or journal, f, carrying arotary head, D, for supporting a bobbin, H, at its upper end. There isplaced on the standard c, concentrically, a tubular bobbin supporter anddriver, I, provided with a whirl, g. This driver extends down within aspace, h, formed in the bolster, the driver resting on the bottom of thesaid space.

From the above it will be seen that the standard c and the tubes a andc', connected as described, constitute what may be termed a dead77 orstationary spindle, with which there is combined the rotary head D andthe bobbin rotator or driver I.

The journal f is hollow or tubular, is open at its lower end and closedat its upper end, and has a hole, h', leading laterally out of its bore.Furthermore, a small passage, fi, leads down through the sleeve d intothe space between the tubes a and c. If desirable, the tube a may begrooved down its outer surface to the top of the standard c. A smallpassage, l, leads oil from the space between the tubes a and c to andupon the outer surface of the standard o, or between such and thecontiguous bearing or inner surface of the driver I. Furthermore, apassage, m, leads from the space h in the bolster into a channel, n,arranged in the bolster-rail, and leading from the oil-receiver or afilter chamber, k, connected therewith. The said channel is tocommunicate with each spindle bolster or base, in order that the surplusoil therefrom may escape into the channel, and by it be returned to thereservoir. contain sponge o, or other proper material, for filtering theoil before it may return into the reservoir, and connected with saidreservoir, at its end, may be a chamber, L, to open at top, as shown atp, into the reservoir. The chamber L is to have a cock, M, opening outof its bottom. This chamber serves to catch and retain any surplus ofoil, from which it maybe drawn by means of the cock. The.

bobbin-dri ver and the bobbin-supporter, where The iiltering-chamber kmay.

the bobbin is fit to them, should be tapering to cause it to itclosely,in order that it may be revolved by the driver and revolve thesnpporter. The piston R of the pump may be operated by any suitablemechanism, in order to cause it to raise oil out of the receiver andforce it from the pump -barrel into and through the several spindles,and between them and 2. The dead-spindle as described, consisting` ofthe standard c and the `tubes a. and c', a1'- ranged and appliedtogether as set forth, in

`combination with the rotary bobbin-head 1) and driver I, applied tosuch spindle, as explained, and with the bolster chambered and providedwith the educt, as set forth.

3. The bolster-rail provided with the returnchannel, in combination withthe reservoir and force-pump, the eduction-pipe and bolster providedwith the dead-spindle, and the rotary bobbin head and driver, all beingconstructed and arranged substantially asset forth.

ASEL M. WADE.

Witnesses:

It. H. EDDY, J. SNoW.

